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I agree with what others above have all ready said.. 1st.. cut off the big lights you dont really need them for mothers...2nd.. trim that momma down...and tie her down if needed... you can clone every two -three weeks just give momma a break between cuts so she doesn't get stressed...
Good luck

Take enough clones so that you don't wipe yourself out...then...in my honest opinion...put those huge ladies to rest. It's very sad. but it seems as though those plants have just gotten out of hand for your setup. (is that your whole setup?) If you are doing just a personal grow, then one mother plant should be enough. if you have multiple strains in there, then obviously you'd want one mother per strain.

But yeah, i'd suggest taking clones to make a new mother using the bonsai method above.

If you don't want to kill the big momma's off (like none of us ever do...)and if you have enough experience and feel comfortable doing so...try some experiments. Cut a decent size branch off (much bigger than the average clones)...see if you can get that to root some how...then throw it into flower...i dunno...just have fun with it.

Take an assload of clones and regenerate those bitches. Do it now, while you still can- once they become pot-bound, you will NOT be able to clone them because they will become sickly and your clones will start failing.

Note: This thread is slightly shorter; please do not suggest any type of dealing/selling here, thank you.

HOW TO MAKE CANNABIS BUSHES
Some people prefer their plants small and wide. Fortunately for them, making cannabis bushes is a simple process. During the third week of vegetative growth prune half the plant's branches. Cannabis plants need at least 50 percent of their leaves in order to continue growing without experiencing fatal stunting problems. If you prune off more than 50 percent of their leaves, you may end up killing your plants.* Do not prune only one side of the plant; prune both sides to achieve the 50 percent. You may also prune the main top cola if you want to split it into two or more parts.

If the prune cuts you previously made grow new branches and leaves, you may wait until the fourth or fifth week of vegetative growth and prune again, leaving 50 percent growth.

During the seventh week of vegetative growth you'll notice that your plant has started to grow outward more than upward. Let's say you have a plant with eight shoots. That means it is four nodes high. You prune the plant and end up with 16 shoots, but the plant is still only four nodes high. Now this does not mean that you can keep doubling shoots forever. Pruning merely pushes the plant to grow all of its shoots early. If you keep pruning a plant that is four nodes high until the eighth week of vegetative growth, the greatest number of shoots you will get will be about 32. Most marijuana plants will not grow much beyond this factor, but again this is strain-dependent.

Now each new shoot has a junction point or a node that it grew from and each node should produce bud during the flowering stages. It is possible to create a marijuana plant that droops over the sides, completely concealing its own pot. With the right strain, it is also possible to have a single plant spread over an entire 6x6 foot space using this method. Creating cannabis bushes usually requires a few additional weeks of vegetative growth.

Bonsai Clones
Bonsai clones are easy to make. The objective is to produce a small bushy clone
with multiple branches so that lots of cuttings can be taken from it.
Simply prepare a cutting using your preferred method and prune the clone using the 'how to make cannabis bushes'technique. The end result is a clone with multiple branches and node regions that can give you a constant supply of cuttings.
Keep the bonsai short, about 1.5 feet in height, and you can store it in a very small place. Diminutive bonsai mother plants can be used to generate at least a hundred clones per year.
In countries where cannabis clones are legal, there is quite a market for them. Medical users especially like to buy clones from experienced growers because they know that the grower has worked on multiple strains to find a 'special' mother that suits the medical users needs.

Take an assload of clones and regenerate those bitches. Do it now, while you still can- once they become pot-bound, you will NOT be able to clone them because they will become sickly and your clones will start failing.

Note: This thread is slightly shorter; please do not suggest any type of dealing/selling here, thank you.

Is that why my clones have not been rooting? First time grower but I have been using rockwool and following the steps with a root hormone, but only merely half root hrm...

Yeah, you should be able to hack it down about halfway and it could/should be OK. I'm not 100% sure...but i had a veggie get pretty tall on me and i cut the main stem about midway down and it's doing just fine. If you look at my white rhino in this grow ( http://boards.cannabis.com/growing-i...ml#post1918765 ) That's the plant i'm talking about. Everything below the chop just started branching and growing.

Yeah, you should be able to hack it down about halfway and it could/should be OK. I'm not 100% sure...but i had a veggie get pretty tall on me and i cut the main stem about midway down and it's doing just fine. If you look at my white rhino in this grow ( http://boards.cannabis.com/growing-i...ml#post1918765 ) That's the plant i'm talking about. Everything below the chop just started branching and growing.

I have 6 DNA Chocolope beans and this was gonna be my next grow...I chickened out at the last minute mostly because I didn't think I had enough room to grow em the way I wanted to...Their description says "these plants grow big!!!If space issues are a problem you might want to try another strain"...
Thanks for confirming this jer001 and I hope you get it all worked out...If I grow this strain they'll be gettin' a much shorter veg time than usual...Good luck man...